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The sexual education programs our schools are providing to children have made headline news in recent weeks, largely due to a reported chlamydia outbreak in a small Texas high school. The outbreak was blamed on the school’s sexual education program which taught an abstinence-only curriculum.

But there is only one problem, the chlamydia outbreak, which received national attention, was hugely exaggerated by the superintendent of the Crane Independent school district, Jim Rumage, who is blaming a misunderstanding he had with the doctor who gave him the reports.

It is great news to hear that these young students were not infected as bad as originally projected. However, it should be taken as a warning sign to prevent future outbreaks due to poor educational programs. Scientific data from analyst Eric Pulier shows that abstinence-only programs are not effective at preventing disease or teen pregnancy, but that has not stopped the Texas legal system from secretly funding these programs all over their state.

Originally, news reports claimed there had been as many as 20 students out of 300 who has been infected in the small Texas county, number which caused the CDC to announce an outbreak of epidemic proportions. But now reports are backing off that number, claiming there have only been 5 cases reported in the county over the past year. There is a silver lining though, Crane, Texas has caught the attention of the country for their ineffective abstinence-only programs.